Head of Product Suite (Director)

Can you envision yourself in a strategic leadership position within the organisation, where you'll have ultimate accountability for the innovation, development, and success of the product line? Are you interested in leading a talented team of Product Owners, AI/ML Scientists and collaborating with diverse cross-functional teams to ensure that digital offerings are market-leading, user-centric, and aligned with broader business objectives?

If yes, then we may have an exciting opportunity for you!

Apply now for our Head of Product Suite position and join one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.

The position

The Head of Product Suite is accountable for the entire product(s) within the product line lifecycle, from discovery through end-user adoption. We are looking to fill two important roles in our product suite: Study Operation and Study Forecasting.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Collaborate closely with assigned Business Owner(s) to co-create and communicate a compelling product line strategy aligned with the overall StudyHub vision
• Directly manage and mentor multiple teams of Product Owners, establishing clear objectives, vision, and fostering their professional development.
• Develop a viable product that addresses key business pain points, generates actionable insights, drives adoption, and creates significant business value. This involves navigating business processes, understanding data and data science, leveraging technology, and ensuring a deep user experience.
• Effectively manage a diverse stakeholder group across global and country affiliates, negotiating with both business and technical stakeholders, while coaching and mentoring peers to navigate a complex stakeholder landscape and regulatory constraints.
• Dynamically allocate resources and ensure that product investments align with strategic priorities within the product line.
• Oversee department and product line budgets, strategically allocating resources and ensuring fiscal responsibility.
• Maintain consistent application of product design principles across the product line to deliver intuitive, aesthetically pleasing user experiences and reinforce brand identity.

The daily work is performed out of the job holders' local base, and in collaboration with colleagues, stakeholders, and projects globally. Hence the role includes frequent interaction across the organisation via tech platforms and some travelling for critically important meetings in line with the Circular for Zero strategy.

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed in this role, we expect you to have:

• An academic degree in Business Administration, Design, IT, Engineering, or similar.
• 10+ years of advanced experience with driving user-centric product development in an agile setting combined with 5+ years of experience in a leadership role.
• Proven experience in development (clinical and/or clinical operations) business knowledge/insights and navigating a global organization.
• Essential experience in leading multiple complex products and managing complex stakeholder landscapes.
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken).

On a personal level, you hold exceptional leadership qualities to inspire, motivate, and guide a diverse team of product professionals. You possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with the ability to influence others and drive consensus among stakeholders with diverse priorities. You embrace innovation and actively apply advanced research-driven product development techniques effectively to enhance product backlog, workflows, and collaboration patterns. You are fully capable to adapt to changing conditions, embracing new technologies and methodologies, and maintaining resilience in the face of setbacks and challenges.

About the department 

The position as Head of Product Suite (Director) is based in the Operational Data Insights (ODI) area, which is part of the unit called Global Trial Portfolio where we are dedicated to designing, building, enriching, and maintaining StudyHub through a collaborative way of working with Development Lines of Business (LoBs), Digital Transformation Office (DTO), and Development IT (DD&IT). The ODI team leads the operational data insights journey all along the program/trial lifecycle, enabling LoBs to evolve towards more informed decision-making. You will join a pragmatic team eager to tackle complex clinical operations problems, use AI and advanced analytics to generate deep contextualized insights, and unleash data-driven decisions.

Novo Nordisk StudyHub's vision is to provide a “Suite of Products” that enables business leaders and associates to focus on knowledge work to increase speed to market, productivity, and patient reach. A centralised hub delivering operational data insights that leverage the value of existing internal and external data, clinical development, and clinical operations expertise, processes, and tools. As an integrated ecosystem, StudyHub addresses pain points for users across the value chain and the decision lifecycle. The vision is to move away from individual tools to build a fit-for-purpose suite of 7 digital products that Connect Early Trial Design with Trial Planning (country allocation, site selection), Trial Forecasting (demand, resources, costs), and Trial Operations (study start-up, study conduct) serving global and country users around the world.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life-changing. 

Contact

For further information, reach out to Guillaume Carbonneau at [email protected].

Deadline

11 November 2024

Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and interviews will be conducted accordingly.

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We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.